[Reader-list] Shame on IITs

[radhikarajen at vsnl.net]

Reservation and quota is needed, BUT NOT for the individuals of any caste or faith, IT IS needed to the funds in national exchequer to provide basic education to all, to give them opportunity to improve the skill sets, then best of all communities and castes and faiths will have equal opportunity to study any professional course with better grasp and capacity to learn.

   Present system of langda HRD is only to garner votes with the guise of uplifting the downtrodden, but in reality, the individuals who get seats can not cope up as the fundamental education that they got is skewed, lopsided.

  Regards.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Baruk S. Jacob" <b_a_r_u_k at yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, July 18, 2008 12:09 pm
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Shame on IITs
To: sarai <reader-list at sarai.net>, Ranjith Thankappan <ranjit_hcu at yahoo.co.in>

> Hi Ranjith,
> 
> Read the article with interest-I am in the strange position of 
> having seen both sides of the reservation debate, and am yet to 
> really make up my mind. A snippet caught my eye, though, 
> 
> "IIT-Delhi professor Pankaj Jalote said reservation for students 
> had to be viewed differently from faculty reservation. In case of 
> students, he said, there is no compromise on the quality of 
> education. "But if selection of faculty is done on anything else 
> but merit, it will affect education,"
> 
> Do you disagree with this? 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> ~Baruk
> 
> http://bottlebroke.blogspot.com
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 7/18/08, Ranjith Thankappan <ranjit_hcu at yahoo.co.in> 
> wrote:
> > From: Ranjith Thankappan <ranjit_hcu at yahoo.co.in>
> > Subject: [Reader-list] Shame on IITs
> > To: "sarai" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> > Date: Friday, July 18, 2008, 8:37 AM
> > hi
> > Few days back Manuwadi director (former) of IIT Madras made
> > a comment “'HRD minister has injected AIDS into
> > IITs” (Please visit this link for news
> > 
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/HRD_minister_has_injected_AIDS_into_IITs/articleshow/3176486.cms)> 
> >  
> > these are the kind of "meritorious" Directors
> > available to IITs. No wonder IITs produce IT koolies for
> > the developed world and degraded to the extent of
> > brahmanism. what a shame!!
> > regards
> > 
> > 
> >       Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to
> > http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/
> > _________________________________________
> > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city.
> > Critiques & Collaborations
> > To subscribe: send an email to
> > reader-list-request at sarai.net with subscribe in the subject
> > header.
> > To unsubscribe:
> > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list 
> > List archive:
> > <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/>
> 
> 
> 
> _________________________________________
> reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city.
> Critiques & Collaborations
> To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with 
> subscribe in the subject header.
> To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-
> list 
> List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/>